पञ्चाङ्ग — Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh · December 19, 2016 CE

🪷 आज: लोहड़ी — Lohri
Punjab harvest festival; eve of Makara Saṅkrānti. (Approximated as 13/14 January annually; correct via Sun in Dhanu/Makara cusp.)

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 10.39 · Chapter 10 · विभूतियोग · Vibhūti-Yoga
यच्चापि सर्वभूतानां बीजं तदहमर्जुन।

न तदस्ति विना यत्स्यान्मया भूतं चराचरम्।।10.39।।
"10.39 I am the Seed of all being, O Arjuna! No creature moving or unmoving can live without Me." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 10.39's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Pauṣa (Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2073 Saumya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1938 Durmukhi
Bengali Saṁvat: 1423
Malayalam Era: 1192
Nanakshahi: 547
Solar Month: Dhanus (Mārgaḻi)
Ṛtu (Season): Hemanta (Pre-winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Maghā Pada 3
योग (Yoga)Viṣkambha
करण (Karaṇa)Gara
वार (Vāra)Somavāra (Monday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya243.47°DhanuMūla P2
चन्द्र Candra129.84°SiṃhaMaghā P3
मङ्गल Maṅgala305.40°KumbhaDhaniṣṭhā P4
बुध Budha260.93°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati174.97°KanyāCitrā P1
शुक्र Śukra288.79°MakaraŚravaṇa P3
शनि Śani235.59°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:50 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)17:17 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:04 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:06 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)10:53 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)10 Hours 27 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)13 Hours 32 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:27 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:58 – 06:50
Abhijit Muhūrta11:43 – 12:25
Vijaya Muhūrta13:48 – 14:30
Godhūli Muhūrta17:05 – 17:29
Sāyāhna Sandhyā17:17 – 17:44
Amṛta Kāla17:02 – 18:47
Niśīta Muhūrta23:43 – 00:25

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla08:09 – 09:27
Yamaganda10:46 – 12:04
Gulika Kāla13:22 – 14:41
Varjyam07:17 – 07:33
Dur Muhūrta 09:17 – 09:38

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: West
Rāhu Vāsa: North-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Padma (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Mithuna · Siṃha · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Amṛta06:50 – 08:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Kāla08:09 – 09:27 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Śubha09:27 – 10:46 (auspicious)
Day-4 Roga10:46 – 12:04 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Udveg12:04 – 13:22 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Chala13:22 – 14:41 (neutral)
Day-7 Labha14:41 – 15:59 (auspicious)
Day-8 Amṛta15:59 – 17:17 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Chala17:17 – 18:59 (neutral)
Night-2 Labha18:59 – 20:41 (auspicious)
Night-3 Amṛta20:41 – 22:22 (auspicious)
Night-4 Kāla22:22 – 00:04 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Śubha00:04 – 01:46 (auspicious)
Night-6 Roga01:46 – 03:27 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Udveg03:27 – 05:09 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Chala05:09 – 06:50 (neutral)

Coordinates

Latitude: 26.8467°
Longitude: 80.9462°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Somavāra (Monday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Manas-control + BG 6.5-7.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5118
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1869276.27
Julian Day2457741.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.0900°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)244.46°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0900°), declination -23.41°, EoT 2.32 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2016-12-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)